Tinea capitis: study of asymptomatic carriers and sick adolescents, adults and elderly who live with children with the disease


Autoria(s): BERGSON,Christiane Loureiro; FERNANDES,Nurimar Conceição
Data(s)

01/04/2001

Resumo

Tinea capitis is a dermatophyte infection that occurs mainly in childhood; there are few reports, in Brazil, in adolescents and adults. The detection of asymptomatic carriers is of great importance in the disease control. From February 1998 to February 1999, a study was performed at the outpatient Dermatologic Unit of Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) to verify the frequency of asymptomatic carriers and tinea capitis between 79 adolescents, adults and elderly who lived in the same household of 56 children (0-12 years) with tinea capitis. Of these, one female and one male adults (2.5%) were asymptomatic carriers and the cultures revealed Trichophyton tonsurans and Microsporum canis respectively. One female adolescent and two female adults (3.8%) had tinea capitis and all cultures revealed Trichophyton tonsurans. The study has shown that adolescents and adults who live in the same household of children with tinea capitis may be sick or asymptomatic carriers.

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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652001000200007

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Instituto de Medicina Tropical

Fonte

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo v.43 n.2 2001

Palavras-Chave #Tinea capitis #Carrier #Adolescence #Adult #Elderly
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journal article